Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The only piece of research on murder-suicide cases shows there have been 19 such incidents in the period from 2000 to 2013. According to CSO figures, during that period there were 6,033 deaths recorded as suicide.

In response to the point Deputy Coppinger made about communicating with the wider public, we have just launched a €6 million investment programme over six years, the first three years of which will focus on domestic violence and the second three years on sexual violence. The target is to ensure that people are aware of the kind of actions they can take to interrupt both domestic and sexual violence. The information campaign will start in November. I fully agree with Deputy Coppinger that we need to ensure the entire community works to interrupt acts of domestic and sexual violence and takes action.

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